Protecting Assets For Longer Life Is Even More Critical Today

摘要

Wherever the energy industryrnmight happen to be in its predictable "boom-to-bust" cycle, maintaining a company's assetsrntoday's troubled economy should be a key priority for each person who has responsibility for designing, servicing and keeping equipment operating safely and reliably.rnAssets should be designed and maintained for optimal service with the purpose of obtaining the maximum service life while providing a reasonable return on investment. Systems should operate at levels that do not encourage failure while in service. When equipment is operating at or above capacity 100% of the time, reliability will suffer if the equipment is not properly maintained.